Saturday, September 18, 2010

定杂志

老二学校鼓励孩子定杂志,他拿回来了目录,哇,还真多呀,而且,很多杂志有很好的deal,他兴奋的研究了好久,把他要定的都挑了出来。

昨天休息,他和朋友徒步在邻居家上门推销,我心想,这也就是个锻炼吧,他是一个很shy的人,能有这样的举动就是进步。还别说,他们昨天还真卖出去两本。

回来吃饭时,他有些疑惑的问我,妈妈,我们走了那么多家,为什么都是“美国人”在买杂志?

我想了想,回答说:也许因为是语言的关系吧,老美生于这,长于这,对这里的一切都是nature的认同,他们也许从小家里就给他们定一些杂志,所以他们很自然的就对这些杂志很熟悉,一看是good deal,又是两个单纯的中学生来敲门,不用多想,就定了。

但是我们中国人家庭,大部分是在自己的国家成长的,20多,30多,甚至40多岁才来到美国,语言本身对他们就是一个需要适应的问题,在加上对这些琳琅满目的杂志不熟悉,不会马上就考虑做决定,这应该是可以理解的吧。
 
他听了,有些认同。

给孩子的对话后,我决定给孩子定一些杂志,以前,老觉得他写作不够好,知识面局限的很,可想想,自己给他创造这样的环境了吗?家里除了ipod,就是ipad,imac,哪有他随手可极可以消磨时光的杂志呢?


应该给孩子定什么样的杂志?我在文学成子女教育做了个research,最后初步决定给6年级的孩子从下列杂志中订几个:

Popular Science: provides the latest science and technology information that is shaping our world.
12 issues $15.00 (regular price:$59.88), 24 issues $22

The New Yorker:  47 issues (one year) of The New Yorker for just $39.95  (will order it online)

MUSE:explores space, the environment, technology, math, the art and more.
9 issues, 9-14 years, $35.00 (Reg price: 44.55)

Cobblestone:award-winning american history magazine that bring the past alive in a child's mind.
9 issues, age 9-14 years, $35 (Reg price: 44.55)

Cricket:stimulates the imagination with stories, poems and nature article from around the world.
9 issues, age 9-14 years, $35 (Reg price: 44.55)

National Geographic for kids: packet with great animal and science stories.
10 issue, age 6-14yrs, $24 (Reg price: $49.90)

Odyssey: explores the hottest science trends and news, plus monthly night-sky charts.
9 issues, age 9-14 years, $35 (Reg price: 44.55)

Kids Discover: Fact-filled,educational, entertaining, colorful illustrations, No Ads.
special-10 issues $33 (age 6 years & up)




大家有什么好建议,欢迎提出!如果你想给你的孩子定,我可以在这里汇总,他们学校的magzine driver 有非常好的deal。



以下是文学城上家长推荐的:

Science 类:

Popular Science, National Geography, Science News,BusinessWeek,Time, Economist,  Scientific American。(推荐by 子女教育:

6年级适合的


Popular Science, National Geography and Odyssey.  推荐by KxCA

适合中学生的:

“Sports Illustrated For Kids ”: 儿子看后能对体育明星如数家珍。

“Time for Kids": 很薄的一份杂志,俺看了几期, 8错。(by G6PD)



Cobblestone 出版一系列高质量的青,少,幼儿阅读杂志。包括Fiction, Social Studies 和Science。Cobblestone 的宗旨是:Publishing only the highest quality children’s literature and selected world-class illustrators to produce the art accompanying the stories.
Cobblestone & Cricket (by 风飘过)


"Reader Digest", "Times", and "Discovery". (by hitoya:

American Girl

The New Yorker 也很好,初中生可以看了 (by luck1980 and 毕小珠-:)

有几种杂志对9-14岁,muse,odyssey 我们一直订。
kids discover 对小点孩子。:
National Geographic for kids, Time,newsweek, WJ J, smartmoney 大孩子爱看。(by 123yes:

MUSE is a very good one (by pink_adobe)

Criket(Fiction) recommanded by her teachers (by 2horse)


适合小学生的:

There is National Geographic for Kid,
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids (by comfort)


Cobblestone 出版一系列高质量的青,少,幼儿阅读杂志。包括Fiction, Social Studies 和Science。Cobblestone 的宗旨是:Publishing only the highest quality children’s literature and selected world-class illustrators to produce the art accompanying the stories.

Cobblestone & Cricket  (by -风飘过- )






kids Discovery is good, topic orientated. (by shamrock100:


Boy's Life

Click (6岁孩子,by tomorrow88  and 百科)


高中生:

如果平时就有阅读报纸杂志的习惯,到11-12年级应该读大报,例如NYT,WSJ, Economists;如果没有,就从当地报纸及Time, USNews 开始(by luck1980

我们是从小学就订杂志了,然后随年级增加调整。(by 2012)

Entertainment Times ,US news & world report,Scientific American,Scientific American Mind

Entertainment Weekly,THE NEW YORKER,SEVENTEEN (by小城故事09:)

阅读和写作方面的:

Readers Digest:推荐by 爱笑的土豆

给拥有枣核般身材的中年妈妈们推荐一本很好的杂:by黑兔妈妈

http://www.prevention.com

一定要动起来。保持moderate active的生活方式。否则,自己从里到外都会越来越down.
妈妈重视健康了,全家都跟着沾光。

推荐网站: by 毕小珠

http://www.musemag.com/home.asp

按他们的GUIDE挑个适合年龄的就是。
 

Bay Area Parents上推荐了几本少儿杂志, 看着不错, 还没有细研究.

age 6mo-3yr
Babybug magazne, cricketmag.com
wild animal baby, nwf.org/kids

age 2-6
highlights high five, highlights.com
ladybug magazine, cricketmag.com
turtle, cbhi.org
zootles magazine, zoobooks.com

age 3-7
click, cricketmag.com
humpty dumpty's magazine, cbhi.org
your big backyard, nwf.org/kids
zoobooks, zoobooks.com

age 6-9
childrens' playmate, cbhi.org/magazine/childrensplaymate
highlights for children, highlights.com
spider magazine, cricketmag.com

age 7-10
ask, cricketmag.com
jack & jill, cbhi.org

age 8-10
american girl magazine. americangirl.com/agmg
appleseeds, cricketmag.com
dogs for kids, animalnetwork.com/d4k
ranger rick, nwf.org/kids

 

中小学生杂志:by千里一盏灯

Anime Insider
Beckett Got Sports for Kids
Black Beat
Boys' Life
Cicada
Cosmo Girl!
Elle Girl
Girls' Life
Guideposts Sweet 16
Highlights for Children
Ignite Your Faith
InQuest Gamer
J-14
Jane
Kickoff
M Magazine
Mad
National Geographic Kids
New Moon
Pageantry
Right On!
Seventeen
Slap
Soccer Source, The
TaSYA
Teen Vogue
Teen Voices
The Magazine Not for Adults
Twist
Weekly Reader Middle School Publications
Wizard
YM
Young Dancer
Young Money
Young Rider

Just put the order on http://www.qsp.com/

W583 - POPULAR SCIENCE/SCIENCE ILLUSTRATED COMBO : 1 issues for $25.00

W453 - MUSE :9 issues for $35.00

W052 - CRICKET : 9 issues for $35.00
W329 - KIDS DISCOVER : 10 issues for $33.00


W953 - COBBLESTONE : 9 issues for $35.00

The New Yorker 47 issues dor 39.99 (order online through http://www.newyorker.com/)

12 comments:

Jie said...

这篇文章真是非常有用,已经保存下来,谢了! 去年就和孩子爸爸考虑过给宝宝们订杂志,不过我们知道的孩子类的杂志,都是要上小学以后才可以的。我们看得杂志,孩子们还没有办法产生兴趣,最多看看National Geography 的动物图片。

现在可以好好研究list 里面2-6岁和三岁以上孩子可以看的杂志,给他们订一到两套(主要是怕订一套,两个小家伙打架:-)

Rita said...

谢谢阿朵做得的这么好的功课,我就跟在后面学了!
看来除了多看书,还要多看杂志,才能与时俱进!

meimei said...

大姐 - 多谢分享!我们也是从来没有在美国订过英文杂志呢 (我倒是订过读者:))。

您帮我查查这几个杂志有吗?多少钱?我想挑着也给瑶瑶瓜瓜订一两个试一试:

National Geographic for kids
Cobblestone & Cricket - Spider
Cobblestone & Cricket - Cricket
Cobblestone & Cricket - Ask
Cobblestone & Cricket - Muse

谢谢啊!

朵朵妈 said...

meimei,谢谢支持!

我查了我手头的目录,有如下:

National Geographic for kids:
10 issue, age 6-14yrs, $24 (Reg price: $49.90)


Cobblestone:award-winning american history magazine that bring the past alive in a child's mind.

9 issues, age 9-14 years, $35 (Reg price: 44.55)

Cricket:stimulates the imagination with stories, poems and nature article from around the world.
9 issues, age 9-14 years, $35 (Reg price: 44.55)

具体如下分类的,回头等老二回来问他其他的resource。

Cobblestone & Cricket - Spider
Cobblestone & Cricket - Cricket
Cobblestone & Cricket - Ask
Cobblestone & Cricket - Muse

meimei said...

谢大姐! 那几个我是在你前面引用的推荐里的网站上找到的。

1)Literature & Imagination Magazines

http://www.cobblestonepub.com/mags_fiction.html

2)Science & Ideas Magazines

http://www.cobblestonepub.com/mags_science.html

我想我也最多只是先订两本试一试。 麻烦你帮我就订这两个吧:

National Geographic for kids:
10 issue, age 6-14yrs, $24 (Reg price: $49.90)

Cricket:stimulates the imagination with stories, poems and nature article from around the world.
9 issues, age 9-14 years, $35 (Reg price: 44.55)

请告诉我怎么付钱给你。

朵朵妈 said...

meimei,谢谢了。我也会订这两本的,还会加上几本别的。

As for the order:

check 写给:miller middle school

我需要你家的地址和email address。
我的email:
ly_zhao@hotmail.com, 你给我写个email吧,这样我就可以把我家的地址告诉你了。

谢谢了!

meimei said...

大姐,email给你了。

Anonymous said...

好帖,好帖,收藏了。

我家到一直有订杂志,不过种类没那么多。大A自己挣来的Highlight杂志,还有National Geography。 其实你家老二应该不必看for kids的了,他的阅读能力成人版的也没问题。这个杂志我们也很喜欢,图片非常漂亮。

Time for kids订过一阵儿,大A不太感冒就停了。想等他再大些订New Yoker.

AAmom

朵朵妈 said...

AAmom,谢谢你的提示。
大A自己挣来的Highlight杂志?这个牛啊,他是怎么挣来的?分享一下好吗?

Anonymous said...

就是在bookadventure网站上读书啊。大A一个暑假挣了5000分,用3000分换了这个杂志。

AAmom

Anonymous said...

啊,搞错了,是用2000分换6期杂志。大A说等这6期完了,他还要去换。

AAmom

朵朵妈 said...

AAmom,非常感谢!我会让WW去try!